Authors : M. N. Bhajbhuje
Page Nos : 1-8
Description :
Environmental microfungal spores are implicated to cause allergic symptoms and respiratory disorders. An isolation of aeromycoflora was made by petri plate exposure method over chickpea cultivated field under irrigation in at different locations for two month period in rubi season and revealed prevalence of viable propagules of 41 fungal species categorize under 21 genera that developed variable 1660 colonies of different colours on the agar gel in petri dishes in a set of climate. Greater count of colonies, 57.8% was seemed to appear in a month of December. The climate of second week of Decembers favored to fungal sporulation exhibiting higher peak for fungal flora. Both Ascomycota and Deuteromycota contributed equal colony count while Oomycota had least count. Basidiomycota member did not persist. Aspergillus was recorded predominant, exhibiting greater count of species as well as colonies whereas Fusarium, Alternaria, Rhizopus, Penicillium and Colletotrichum were reported to be subdominant. Excluding Mucor, Chaetomium, Botrytis, Myrothecium, Trichothecium, Sterile black mycelia, Pythium, Cunninghamela, Verticillium, the remainings had moderate conc. The propagules of saprophytic forms were seemed to greater in concentration against pathogenic forms. The distribution of diverse group of viable fungal spores in variable concentration over chickpea field may possibly be due to fluctuating environment climate that may cause damage to crops and also allergic disorders to farmers.
